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The hobbit holes seen in the Shire were digitally rendered copies of two different hobbit holes that were actually built. | |
Viggo Mortensen broke two toes while kicking the steel helmet by the orc pyre in TT, and that take is the one that actually appears in the movie. | |
Andy Serkis drank bottles and bottles of 'Gollum juice' (a mixture of cinnamon, mint, and lime juice) to keep his throat lubricated for his intense vocal performance. | |
Andy Serkis did the voices for the three orcs arguing with each other at the Fangorn Camp scene. | |
The voice of Treebeard wasn't achieved by electronic distortion, but by making the actor speak in his naturally booming voice at lowest pitch possible, through a wooden megaphone. | |
In TT when Gollum spits in disgust at Sam's cooking of rabbits in, it's actually Peter Jackson's spittle flying through the air. | |
The dead horses that can be seen at the end of the battle scenes are all computer generated. | |
In ROTK, the first shot of Sam's arm coming into frame holding Sting towards Shelob is actually Peter Jackson's arm. | |
Shelob's shriek is the combination of several elements, including the sounds of a plastic alien toy, steam hisses, and the shriek of a Tasmanian Devil. | |
Peter Jackson gave one of the rings used in the movies to both Elijah Wood and Andy Serkis as gift when the shoot was finished. They both thought they had the only one. | |
When Gandalf has his big stand-off scene with the Balrog in FR, Ian McKellen is actually acting to a ping pong ball. | |
Sean Bean, who plays Boromir, is the tallest of the actors who play members of the Fellowship. He is 6' 2''. | |
Orlando Bloom landed the role of Legolas two days before he finished drama school. | |
While filming the trilogy, Viggo Mortensen got so into character that during a conversation, Peter Jackson referred to him as 'Aragorn' for over half an hour without him realizing. | |
When the Fellowship finds the tomb in Moria, Legolas is only seen from one side in the whole scene, because Orlando Bloom had bruised half his face. | |
During filming, Liv Tyler (Arwen) left her pair of prosthetic ears on the dashboard of her car. When she returned they had melted. | |
Fans were offered the chance to have their names in the special edition's hugely lengthy closing credits for $79.95. | |
Wellington, the capital of New Zealand, changed its name to Middle Earth for the first film's opening. | |
The total running time for all three extended edition DVDs is 682 min (11 hr, 22 min), excluding additional credits. | |
The hobbit holes seen in the Shire were digitally rendered copies of two different hobbit holes that were actually built. | |
Viggo Mortensen broke two toes while kicking the steel helmet by the orc pyre in TT, and that take is the one that actually appears in the movie. | |
Andy Serkis drank bottles and bottles of 'Gollum juice' (a mixture of cinnamon, mint, and lime juice) to keep his throat lubricated for his intense vocal performance. | |
Andy Serkis did the voices for the three orcs arguing with each other at the Fangorn Camp scene. | |
The voice of Treebeard wasn't achieved by electronic distortion, but by making the actor speak in his naturally booming voice at lowest pitch possible, through a wooden megaphone. | |
In TT when Gollum spits in disgust at Sam's cooking of rabbits in, it's actually Peter Jackson's spittle flying through the air. | |
The dead horses that can be seen at the end of the battle scenes are all computer generated. | |
In ROTK, the first shot of Sam's arm coming into frame holding Sting towards Shelob is actually Peter Jackson's arm. | |
Shelob's shriek is the combination of several elements, including the sounds of a plastic alien toy, steam hisses, and the shriek of a Tasmanian Devil. | |
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